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Charles R. Shaw House

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: The Charles R. Shaw House is a one and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame late Victorian era residence, located on the grounds of the Normanna Rest Home development in East Burnaby, near its original location on this site. Originally a modest vernacular Victorian structure, it has been enlarg…

Associated Dates: 1891

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Charles R. & Mary Shaw House

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Charles R. & Mary Shaw House

Geographic Access: 12th Avenue; 4th Street; 13th Avenue

Associated Dates: 1891

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 10739

Enactment Date: 06/04/1998

Description: The Charles R. Shaw House is a one and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame late Victorian era residence, located on the grounds of the Normanna Rest Home development in East Burnaby, near its original location on this site. Originally a modest vernacular Victorian structure, it has been enlarged and embellished through later additions.

Heritage Value: The Shaw House is one of the oldest surviving houses in Burnaby, and is valued as a representation of a typical vernacular pioneer house in Burnaby, and a rare survivor from the late Victorian era. The original portion of the house displays a simplicity of form and detail consistent with early local construction, while the later additions display a more sophisticated approach. Originally built in 1891, this house is valued for its association with first owner, Charles R. Shaw (1834-1916) and Mary D. Shaw (1848-1897), one of Burnaby’s earliest settlers. Born in England, Shaw immigrated to Toronto in 1869, and relocated to New Westminster in 1889, where he worked as an employee of the Mechanic's Mill Company, an early woodworking plant. After moving to Burnaby, he was unanimously elected by acclamation as first reeve (mayor) of the new municipality in 1892. In 1894, Shaw sold his house and farm and moved his family to Kamloops due to his wife Mary's failing health. After Mary died in 1897, the Shaw family returned to Toronto. The Shaw House is additionally valued for its association with a later owner, James Brookes (1884-1953), founder of James Brookes Woodworking Ltd., a mill that was a major employer in East Burnaby. Brookes bought and renovated the house in 1917. In 1927, he built a much larger house on the property (now demolished), and the original house was moved to the corner of the property to serve as a gardener's cottage for Brookes' estate. The additions made to the house at this time employed sash and milled products produced by the Brookes plant. Although altered, this Victorian era residence remains largely intact, with Brookes’s later additions.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the Shaw House include its: - modest vernacular residential form, scale and massing, as exemplified by its one and one-half storey plus basement height, front gabled roof, shed roofed verandah and asymmetrical plan - asymmetrical front entrance - cladding: horizontal wooden drop siding on the original portion of the house; cedar shingles on additions; decorative octagonal cedar shingles in the front gable; original decorated bargeboards at front, with cut-out details - later renovations to the front verandah and side addition which resulted in a partially glazed porch entrance and addition with large window assemblies - square verandah columns - irregular fenestration: double-hung wooden-sash windows in a variety of configurations such as 6-over-1 and 4-over-1 windows in the original portion of the house, 12-over-1 windows, and one 24-over-1 window in the front addition - small window at front entry - fifteen-pane French front entry door - internal red brick chimney with corbelled cap

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Function: Primary Historic--Single Dwelling; Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: 003-253-848

Boundaries: The Shaw House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 7725 Fourth Street (legal address), Burnaby

Area: 9199.27

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Names: Shaw, Charles R

Street Address: 7725 4th Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view, 2013.. Oblique view. thumbnail

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4297 Albert Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of 4297 Albert Street. Another house is visible in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1951 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.2 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-179

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of 4297 Albert Street. Another house is visible in the background.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Albert Street

Street Address: 4297 Albert Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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4297 Albert Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1950 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 3.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of 4297 Albert Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1950 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 3.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-180

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of 4297 Albert Street.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Albert Street

Street Address: 4297 Albert Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

4297 Albert Street, 1950 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Carol and Valerie Shantz with Ida Cary

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Carol and Valerie Shantz, age 5 and 1, with their grandmother, Ida Cary, at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Albert Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-167

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Carol and Valerie Shantz, age 5 and 1, with their grandmother, Ida Cary, at the intersection of Madison Avenue and Albert Street.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods

Names: Cary, Ida; Shantz, Carol; Shantz, Valerie

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Madison Avenue; Albert Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Carol and Valerie Shantz with Ida Cary, [1955] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Grace McGill and Reeve Emmott

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36136

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 15, 1951

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Grace McGill & Reeve Allan Emmott at the opening of the McGill Branch.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 15, 1951

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Public Library photograph subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 225-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1989-22

Scope and Content: Photograph of Grace McGill & Reeve Allan Emmott at the opening of the McGill Branch.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Libraries

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Albert Street

Street Address: 4595 Albert Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Images

Grace McGill and Reeve Emmott, May 15, 1951 thumbnail

Grace McGill inside McGill Annex

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 15, 1951

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm, mounted on board 15 x 40.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (Mrs.) William Beck, Grace McGill, and Lois Stevenson each holding stacks of books at the opening of the McGill Annex.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 15, 1951

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Public Library photograph subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm, mounted on board 15 x 40.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 225-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1989-22

Scope and Content: Photograph of (Mrs.) William Beck, Grace McGill, and Lois Stevenson each holding stacks of books at the opening of the McGill Annex.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Libraries

Names: McGill, Grace; Stevensons, Lois

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cunningham, Bill

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was originally mounted in a booklet style folder, with a stamp on the recto that reads: "BURNABY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR REFERENCE USE IN LIBRARY ONLY" a stamp in the interior that reads: "COMPLIMENTS VANCOUVER DAILY PROVINCE" and a stamp on the verso that reads: "Bill Cunningham, Vancouver, B.C."

Geographic Access: Albert Street

Street Address: 4595 Albert Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Images

Grace McGill inside McGill Annex, May 15, 1951 thumbnail

Interview with Kathleen Rose July 14, 1975 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1897-1934

Length: 0:10:37

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to Kathleen Rose's first memories of coming to North Burnaby as well as of her husband's employment. She discusses quilt-making among families experiencing economic hardship.

Date Range: 1897-1934

Length: 0:10:37

Subjects: Buildings - Residences - Houses

Geographic Access: Albert Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: July 14, 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with Kathleen Rose by SFU (Simon Fraser University) student Bettina Bradbury, July 14, 1975. Major theme discussed is: the Depression.

Biographical Notes: Kathleen Rose was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1897 and immigrated to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1907 with her family. Kathleen lived on the Prairie for eighteen years before getting married in 1923 and moving to Burnaby to be with her husband. The couple moved to the 4600 block of Albert Street in North Burnaby, where Kathleen’s husband cleared all of the land by hand. The Roses had help putting in the foundation but otherwise built their house themselves. Kathleen’s husband was a longshoreman at that time. They had a son, born in 1925, who suffered from rheumatic fever during the Depression.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:35:42

Interviewee Name: Rose, Kathleen

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

Audio Tracks

Track one of interview with Kathleen Rose

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The New Vista Society's Project no. 9

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 22, 1957

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of New Vista Society housing project no. 9 at 1500 4th Street (later renumbered 7581 4th Street).

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 22, 1957

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of New Vista Society housing project no. 9 at 1500 4th Street (later renumbered 7581 4th Street).

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Transcribed title; Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "The New Vista Society's Project # 9 / 1500 4th St., South Burnaby, B.C. / March 22nd, 1957"

Geographic Access: 4th Street

Street Address: 7581 4th Street

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Images

The New Vista Society's Project no. 9, March 22, 1957 thumbnail

Valerie and Dorothy Shantz

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1956] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dorothy Shantz holding her daughter, Valerie Shantz. The photograph was taken looking east along Albert Street at Madison Avenue. Capitol Hill is visible in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1956] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-178

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Dorothy Shantz holding her daughter, Valerie Shantz. The photograph was taken looking east along Albert Street at Madison Avenue. Capitol Hill is visible in the background.